Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1887-09-10
ACCOMAC G. H. Va sATURDAlYsY SEPTEMBER TO- 1887

! me why Christian woman going dow
among the launts of iniquity OH Christian ul
rand never meets with any lndignitys stoo
in the chapel of Helen Chalmcrs, the daugl
ter Of The celebrated DR.. Chalmers, IN til
most abandoned part Of the city of Edinburgh
and l said to her MS looked AROUND upon th
j fearful surroundings OF that plac6: 10 20,
como here nights 70 hold n service~ 10
/ yes,D she said. ''Can it be possible that yo'
mover meet with an insult while performing
this Christian orrandf" Mower" sltc said
"Eevcr." Thdt Young woman who has lis
father by her side walking down the street
MI armc.l police at each corner, is not 81
well defended US that Christian woman wht
goes forth on gospel work into the haunts o.
ihquity, oaSa'ying the Bibles aatd tapaSl. God
With tho r0d ltshs mm of ID. wrnnd ofndspo
tent, wonld tcar to Pieces any olie who shouft
offer iIIdignity. Ho would smlte him with
lightnings, and drown him with foods, and
swallow. him with earthquakes, and damn
Linn with eternal in,lignations. Some ont
saiil: Il dislike very much to SEQ thal
Christian woman teacliing tho5e bad boy:
in thestmissior school r n1rrg. afrnid 5stl
have her instruct thenl." ESQ.," said
another man, II am afraid, too.n Said the
first: II an afraid they Will use yilo Language
before they leave the place. @Ah,r said the
other man, ~ an not afraid OF that. What
am afraid Of isthnt if any of those boys Should
use n bad word in that presence thc other
boys would tear him to pieces and kill him
on the spot" That woman is the best shell
tered who Is sheltered by the Lord God AL
mighty, and you need never fear going any
where where God tells YOU to 60.
It seems as If the Lord had ordained woman
for an especial work in the solicitation Of
charities. Backed up by barrels in which
there rs 40 flour, and by stoves in which
t:idre is 10 fire, md by wartlrobcs IN which
there arc no clothes, IL WORTH is Irresistible;
passing on her GRAND, God says to her: "You
60 into that bank, or store, or shop, and get
the money" She goes in md gets 1t. Tho
man is hard listed, hut she gets it. She
could not lielp but get 1t. 1t is decreed from
eternity she shonld get it, No need Of your
turning your hack and pretending You don't
hear; you do hear. There is no need OF your
saying you aru begged to death. There is
no need of your wasting your time,
und you might as we'll submit first
MS last You had better right away
take down your check book, mark the
number OF the check, fill up the blank, sign
your name and hand in to her. There Is no
need Of wasting time. Those poor children
on the back street have been hungry long
That sick man must kavs some
farnn That consumptive must have some
thing to case his cough meet this delegate
of relief society coming OH Uf tho store OF
snch hard flstcd man, and cay: ibid you
get the noncy?' "Oi course sle says, II
got the money; thnt's what I went for. The
Lord told ME to 20 III aud get it, and no never
sends mo on FOOLS errand-"
Again. I have to tell you that it is q
woma,is specific right to comfort uNler tho
stress of dire dishster She Is called the
weaker vessel but .,ll profahe rs we'll as
sacred history attests that when the crisis
comes she is better prepared than man to
meet the emergency. How often you have
seen woman who seemed to be disciple of
frivolity and Incidence, who, under one stroke
Of calamity, changed to heroine Oh, what
a great mistake those business inen make who
mover toll their business troubles to their
wives! There comes some Creat-loss- to
tbey carry the burden all alone. He Is asked
IN the household again and again, What Is
tho rntters but he believes it sort of Chris
tiun duty to keep all that trouble within
his own soul. Oh, your first duty was to tell
your wife ulI about it. She perhaps might
not have disentangled your finances OF ex-
tended your credit, but she would have
helped YOU to bear misfortune. You have no
right to carry on one shoulder that which is.
intended for two. There arc business mon
hero who know what 1 mean. There came
q crisis in your affairs. You struggled
brayely and long, but after while there
came a day when you said: "Here shall
have to STOP" end you called In your part
ners. and you called In the Inoat prominene
mon in sp.r sapsoy, aud yearsasa,. 'Wa hs*e
got to aasp.n Tsd lefb thA stofo sadaesN.
You could hnrdly make rp your mind TO pass
the street and over OH the fcrryboat.
You felt everybody would be looking at you
and blaming you and denouncing you. You
fastened home. You told your vito all about
the affair. What did she sayl Did she plny
the butterfly? Did she talk about the silks and
the ribbons und the fashions? NO. She eanie
I'D to the emergency. She quoiled not under
tile stroke. She helped you to begin to plan
right away She offered to 60 out OF the
house into smaller ole, and
wear the old cloak another winter. She was
ono who understood your affairs without
blaming you. You looked upon what you
thought was thin, weak wonlan's arm hold
ing you up, but while you looked at that arm
There camo into the feeble muscles of 1t tho
strength of tue eternal God. No Gliding.
No fretting. No telling YOU about the beau
tiful house of her father, from which you
brought her ten, twenty or thirty years ago.
You said: swell, this is tho happiest day OF
my life. 1 am glad have got from under
nv burden. Ny wife don't care-l don't
carc.n At the moment you were utterly ex-
haustcd, God sent Deborah to meet
the host of the Amalekites and scatter theIn
like chafr over the plain. There are some
times women who sit reading sentimental
novels. aud who wish that they had some
grand field i'll which to display their Chris
tan powers. Oh, what grand and glorious
thinte they could do if they only had an OPP
portunityl My sister, yoa need not Walt Tor
any such time. A crisis will como i'll your
affairs. There will be Thermopyln in
VOllt OWL uOuSCuOuy NoCAO ONH 49, 49, =
to stand. Theye arc scores and hundreds OF
households today where as much bravery and
courage arc demanded Of woman as vas ex-
hibited 10y Grnce Darling, OF Mario Antoi-
nette, or Joan Of Arc.
Again 1 romark, it is woman's right to
bring to us the kingdom Of heaven. 1t Is
easier for woman to be g Christian than for
a man. lVhyl You say she is weaker NO.
FIer heart is moro responsive to the peadings
OF divine love. She is III ynst inajority. The
foct that she can more easily become Chris.
tian, prove by the statement that three.
fou,ths OF the members of tue churches i'll all
Christelulom are women. So God appoints
them to be the chief agencies for bringing
this world back to God. I may stand
here and say the soul is immortal.
There is man Wis will refnte 1t:
may stand here and say we are lost and
untlone without Christ There is man who
will refute it, may stand here una say
there will be judgments Day after while.
vondar ie soma one who will refute ID. But